Be real, a social network that aims to show the “reality” and “naturalness” of people by giving them only two minutes to take a photo and post it, is not so real when it comes to explaining the problems or inconveniences that affect their users. Evidence of this is the various events that have taken place in recent weeks, about which we know almost nothing due to no messages from its creators or the rest of the platform team.
How detailed TechCrunchsocial network suffered a fall on 21 September that lasted several hours, and which BeReal detailed in a tweet just the following. “Yeah, we’re on it,” they shared, making sure the hashtag #BeRealDown began to position itself in the trending section of Twitter in some regions, and many users complained that they could not access the application.
About two hours later the company considered the drop resolved, responding to its original tweet. “Now everything is all right”stood out by ignoring their users’ questions about the bug.
Be real though He did not provide any other details on this matter., despite the questions of its users and, in addition, despite the fact that other companies that do not even promise to be as transparent as the aforementioned social network are constantly sharing updates about what has happened. Also, for example, about what causes the failure of the corresponding service or platform. While this is to be expected from a company like Meta, in a company that puts so much emphasis on sincerity and honesty, we repeat, this is utterly bizarre.
“When asked for comments, BeReal declined to answer a number of questions related to its outage, including what caused it, how widespread it was, and whether the company knows when it will be resolved.”
If BeReal can’t fix a minor service outage, what happens when something more serious happens?
BeReal is actually a very unsociable company. Its creators did not give any interviews to various media.. BeReal has also not detailed its plans for the future in terms of features or other relevant matters. Among them, what is its business model, because the application, despite the fact that it has raised millions of dollars from large investment companies.
Worries, first of all, possible inconveniences that may occur in the future, as well as the possible lack of transparency on the part of BeReal when communicating and resolving these issues. As detailed in the aforementioned media, it is not clear what would happen if the application, for example, were hacked, which would leak the personal data of users using the platform.
Meanwhile, the app continues to grow by leaps and bounds after it went viral on other platforms like TikTok, Twitter or Instagram. BeReal, according to Sensor Tower, is already accumulating more than 40 million downloads. The mechanics are also imitated by major social networks.
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